Ancestry traced back to Holland through Von Sintern, Vander Mers and the De Vossens, very distinguished families of Amsterdam. Two members, at different times, were Burgomeisters of their native cities. p1810

--Came to America in 1707, settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania.
--Married in the old log Mennonite Church, at Germantown, in the
presence of the full congregation. Dirk Keyser officiating.
--His obituary notice read ... "Jacob Kolb, of Skippack. As he was
pressing cider the beam of the press fell on one side of his head and

shoulder and wounded him so that he languished about half an hour and

then died, to the exceeding grief of his relatives and family, who
are numerous, and concern of his friends and neighbors, among whom he

lived many years in great esteem".